23 big companies that just promised billions under Trump
Hyundai
CMA CGM
Toyota
Anduril
Amazon
Venture Global
Siemens USA
Pratt Industries
Chobani
Bel Brands USA
Schneider Electric
Johnson & Johnson
Eli Lilly
Novartis
Genentech
AbbVie
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Merck
Abbott Laboratories
IBM
GE Aerospace
SoftBank
Apple
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/whos-investing-america-23-big-companies-just-promised-billions-trump
Sam Altman’s eye-scanning project launches cryptocurrency in the US. After scanning millions of eyes around the world, Tools for Humanity is bringing Worldcoin to the United States.
Over the past few years, what sounds like an episode of Black Mirror has been unfolding in real life: millions of people around the world have agreed to let metallic orbs scan their eyes in exchange for receiving a blockchain-based ID and a cryptocurrency called Worldcoin.
Beginning this week, Worldcoin (WLD) will be available in most of the US for the first time, including via exchanges like Coinbase. Those who scan their eyes at a World orb will receive 16 WLD. Meanwhile, people who have downloaded and already registered with the World app in the US will receive a “pioneer grant” of 150 WLD dropped into their wallet.
The Sam Altman co-founded startup behind the project,Tools for Humanity, is also working with Visa to release a debit card later this year that converts WLD to fiat currency at checkout. Altman, who is currently the chairman of Tools for Humanity, announced the news alongside CEO Alex Blania at a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday, dubbed “At Last.”
More than 7,000 of World’s orbs will be available for iris scans at physical “World Space” locations in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco, as well as in Razer stores. Tools for Humanity updated the orb’s physical design last year, and on Wednesday, it teased a smaller “orb mini” that resembles a smartphone.
Co-founder Sam Altman said World’s orbs and cryptocurrency are meant to solve for “trust in the age of AGI.”
Since it was founded by Altman, Blania, and Max Novendstern in 2019, the startup’s stated mission has beento make World ID the primary method for verifying humans online. The implicit goal is to address the societal ramifications of OpenAI, Altman’s other company. As AI becomes more advanced, the idea is that a system like World ID will become necessary for distinguishing between what is generated and what is not. In Altman’s vision of the future,Worldcoin could also serve as a form of universal basic income for individuals whose jobs have been replaced by AI.
more at:
>https://www.theverge.com/cryptocurrency/659011/worldcoin-us-launch-orb-crypto-sam-altman
regardless of his caliber as a human being, the idea of biometric payments for U.B.I. gives a glimpse into a possible future of the USA
>China has a simplified version in use since 2019
>banks issue smart phones linked to your account
>demerits for bad actions
>too many bad actions and no money for food
the world is going to be a special place in the not too distant future. our congress should get off their asses and ban all digital ID and CBDC. However, abankcould force citizens to use the China model
RFK Jr.'s HHS releases controversial report on gender-affirming care. Here's what it says.
The U.S. Health and Human Services released a report reviewing medical interventions for minors seeking gender-affirming care.
In the 400-page review published May 1, unnamed authors determined there’s a lack of evidence supporting interventions such as puberty blockers, sex hormones and surgery and emphasized their potential risks despite most medical organizations and professionals backing their benefit.
An HHS statement said medical doctors, medical ethicists and a methodologist contributed to the report, however the agency declined to provide names for its contributors.
Gender-affirming care is a range of social, psychological, behavioral and medical interventions designed to support a person in affirming their gender identity, according to the World Health Organization.
The American Medical Association, which represents more than 250,000 U.S. doctors, passed a resolution in June 2023 calling for protection for this type of care. More than 30 major medical associations and health organizations worldwide support health care for transgender adults and youth..
more at:
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/05/01/rfk-hhs-transgender-youth/83385405007/
https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/gender-dysphoria-report.pdf
>It's like a scene from 1984
true
here is the link for Chinabank
>https://insights.zursion.com/informational/how-to-link-your-chinabank-account-to-your-mobile-number-or-email-address/2024/
and if your travel there, they have a portal for foreigners
>https://www.cgaa.org/article/how-to-setup-mobile-wallet-in-china-for-foreigners
draconian
imagine
>no kids having lemon aide stands
>no shade tree mechanic working on your car
>no prostitutes (if you're into that kinda thing)
>no drug dealers
>no escaping taxes at state and federal level
this will be a banksters dream and a citizen's worst nightmare
make barter and trade great again?
Here’s what’s in Trump’s Ukraine minerals deal and how it affects the war
What’s in the deal?
Aid: Crucially, the deal does not call for Kyiv to reimburse the US for the aid it has already received. Instead, the agreement that was inked on Wednesday says that future American military assistance to Ukraine will count as part of the US investment into a joint reconstruction investment fund
Natural resources: The deal gives the US preferential rights to mineral extraction in Ukraine and states that Kyiv will have the final say in what and where is being mined.
EU guarantees: It also keeps the door open for Ukraine’s potential future membership in the European Union
What is missing from the deal?
Security questions: Ukraine has dropped its key demand that the US provides security guarantees as part of this agreement.
Exclusive access for the US: While it ensures the US receives preferential access to Ukraine’s mineral riches, the deal doesn’t guarantee any exclusive rights.
Existing resources: The deal is limited to new projects, which means the US and Ukraine will have to invest in order to see profits.
more at:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/here-s-what-s-in-trump-s-ukraine-minerals-deal-and-how-it-affects-the-war/ar-AA1DZ2bs
Trump administration discontinues $1 billion in school mental health grants
The grants, which supported hiring school psychologists and counselors, were funded by bipartisan legislation passed in the wake of the 2022 massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The Trump administration abruptly cancelled roughly $1 billion in federal grants aimed at helping schools hire and train therapists.
Hundreds of funding recipients across the country received letters April 29 from the U.S. Department of Education informing them that their mental health programs violated civil rights laws.
Some constituted an "inappropriate use of federal funds," according to the letter.
"The grant is therefore inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, the best interest of the Federal Government and will not be continued," says the letter, which was signed by Murray Bessette, a senior advisor at the Education Department.
The Trump administration confirmed April 30 that it discontinued $1 billion in grants that supported school-based mental health programs. The grants ran afoul of their intended purpose, said Madi Biedermann, a spokesperson for the Education Department, and were part of the "deeply flawed priorities of the Biden administration."
Specifically, the Trump administration took issue with programs for educating mental health professionals about systemic racism and training therapists to focus on race-related stress and trauma, among other things.
"We owe it to American families to ensure that taxpayer dollars are supporting evidence-based practices that are truly focused on improving students' mental health," Biedermann said in a statement.
more at:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-discontinues-1-billion-school-mental-health/story?id=121360858
>grand experiment
he also mentioned iit his acceptance speech 2023
>https://baptistandreflector.org/southern-baptist-mike-johnson-elected-speaker-of-u-s-house/
Power of judges to hold Trump administration in contempt may be undermined with filibuster-proof GOP proposal
The ability of federal judges to hold the Trump administration in contempt for defying their orders could be undermined by legislation approved by a House Republican-led committee late Wednesday in a bill that may be impossible for Senate Democrats to filibuster.
Republicans say that the provision is aimed at discouraging frivolous lawsuits. Democrats and the administration’s legal opponents charge that GOP lawmakers are seeking to give President Donald Trump the green light to engage in illegal conduct that had been prohibited by courts.
“Instead of providing support for the judicial branch, this Judiciary Committee bill seeks to strip to strip the courts of their power to hold the administration in contempt when the President violates court orders,” Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, said before Wednesday’s vote.
The legislation comes amid a multi-front campaign by Trump and his allies to attack the legal institutions that are serving as a check on his aggressive use of presidential power. That has included smearing judges who have ruled against his policies and issuing executive orders targeting law firms that represent his political foes. The Justice Department has also at times resisted providing courts with information relevant to the disputes before them.
more at:
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/01/politics/judges-contempt-undermined-house-republicans